Weekend Gem-Illinois River Loop

Posted by on Jun 10, 2013 in Trail Reports | No Comments

I went down south to visit my friend Cassandra and do this 21-mile loop along the Illinois River and high in the Kalmiopsis Mountains.  We spent two nights at Pine Flat along the river as it was not affected by the 2002 Biscuit Fire and still quite nice with some of the most bio diverse plants […]

Mount Aix circumnavigation

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Went up north to visit my buddy Colin and to do a 3 day trip in the William O. Douglas Wilderness.  We decided on going up Mt. Aix from the east side and then ramble down Nelson Ridge, snow permitting, to complete a 25 mile loop and check out more of this lonely wilderness.  There […]